US Patent Issued to ENDOQUEST ROBOTICS, BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM on Sept. 23 for "Surgical apparatus" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,714, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to ENDOQUEST ROBOTICS INC. (Houston) and BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Surgical apparatus" was invented by Daniel H. Kim (Houston), Dong Suk Shin (Houston), Taeho Jang (Houston), Yongman Park (Houston), Jeihan Lee (Houston), Hongmin Kim (Houston), Kihoon Nam (Gwangmyeong, South Korea) and Seokyung Han (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a surgical apparatus comprising: a steerable member that is bendable and comprises a plurality of bending segments with channels therein; and a plurality of bending actuation wires that are arrang...